11/21/2013

NaNoWriMo Day 21: I Think I am Done

I mean done, as in finished -- not as in "I'm over this writing crap, I'm out."

The climax in my novel happened yesterday, and this morning at 6am I wrote the resolution -- tied up some loose ends (left a few for the sequel, of course), made sure the main characters had a chance to celebrate their victory, and set my heroine off on her new path.

So, hooray!

But also, what now? My novel is Middle Grade, so it's meant to be shorter than the 50K that NaNoWriMo guildelines suggest. But it's still only 26K. I think that might be too short. I'm aiming for more around 35K. And there are spots in the middle that I skipped over or wrote text like [AND THEN SOMEHOW SHE FIGURES OUT WHERE THE DEMON IS AND GETS THERE] -- placeholder text. So I guess I should go back and fix all that. But still! Done! And that feels good.

I have a confession to make. I have started nine novels. This is the first I've ever finished, or felt like I've finished. So today I think I'll celebrate, put this away for a week, and come back to it to launch into the second draft.